Blood for a Silver Dollar
| Un dollaro bucato | |
|---|---|
 Italian theatrical film poster | |
| Directed by | Calvin Jakson Padget |
| Screenplay by | George Finley Calvin Jakson Padget |
| Story by | George Finley |
| Produced by | Bruno Turchetto |
| Starring | Montgomery Wood Evelyn Stewart Peter Cross John Mac Douglas Frank Farrell |
| Cinematography | Antonio Secchi (as Tony Dry) |
| Edited by | Antonietta Zita (as Rosemary Ware) |
| Music by | Gianni Ferrio |
Production companies | Fono Roma Dorica Film Explorer Film '58 Les Films Corona |
| Distributed by | Euro International Film |
Release date | 8 August 1965 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Languages | Italian English (dubbed) |
Blood for a Silver Dollar (Italian: Un dollaro bucato), also known as One Silver Dollar, is a 1965 Italian-French Spaghetti Western film directed by Giorgio Ferroni, written by Giorgio Stegani and Ferroni and starring Giuliano Gemma and Ida Galli.[1]
Upon release in the United States, nearly all of the cast members and production team had their names changed for the English audience.[2] In France the film is known as Le Dollar troué. Gemma was billed as "Montgomery Wood" as with many of his other films. The title song had a successful cover version by Nini Rosso.
The original title music, composed by Gianni Ferrio, was used in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds soundtrack.[citation needed] Some of Ferrio's remaining themes are also featured in the videogame Red Dead Revolver.[citation needed]
Plot synopsis
Gary O'Hara, a Confederate Lieutenant, returns from the war, to fight one at home. Prior to his release from the Prisoner of War camp his pistol has its barrel sawn off, as well as his brother Phil's gun and all the pistols from Lieutenants of the South. He arrives at his house and finds his wife living in poverty. He promises her to reunite and three months and travels to Yellowstone to make a living. There, he meets the wealty landowner and banker McCoy, who hires Gary and asks him to arrest a new gangster in town named "Black Jack", who has supposedly wreaked havoc in the community.
Gary agrees to kill Black Jack, but it is revealed too late that the outlaw is actually his brother Phil, who also recognizes his brother Gary just a second later after shooting him. McCoy and his men kill Phil and orders a mexican farmer and his wife to bury him and Gary. Soon after, the mexicans discover that Gary has miraculously survived being shot, since the bullet was stopped by a silver dollar coin Gary always carries in his left pocket. The mexican couple take Gary away to safety, and everyone in Yellowstone believes he died.
After hiding away for some time, Gary returns to the lands near Yellowstone and saves a group of farmers who are been harassed into selling their lands to McCoy. Thus he finds out about how his brother Phil was actually protecting and helping the defenseless farmers against McCoy's men raidings and violence. Gary sets himself up for revenge against his former employer, and works with the local Sheriff and the farmers' leader to stop McCoy's men from stealing a cargo of gold who belongs to the farmers and will be used by them to pay a loan's debt to the bank owned by McCoy. Nevertheless, events take a turn when Gary realizes that the Sheriff, as well as McCoy, are in fact former criminals wanted by the law and are only masquerading as respectable men. Things get even more complicated when O'Hara's wife comes into town looking for his husband.
Cast
- Giuliano Gemma (as Montgomery Wood) - Gary O'Hara
- Evelyn Stewart - Judy O'Hara
- Pierre Cressoy (as Peter Cross) - McCory/Max Cory/McCoy/Aloysius MacKenzie
- Giuseppe Addobbati ... Donaldson (as John Mac Douglas)
- Franco Fantasia ... Sheriff Anderson (as Frank Farrel)
- Tullio Altamura (as Tor Altmayer) - Peter
- Massimo Righi (as Max Dean) - Brad
- Francisco Fantasia (as Frank Farrel) - Sheriff George Anderson
- Andrea Scotti (as Andrew Scott) - Slim
- Nazzareno Zamperla (as Nicholas Saint John) - Phil O'Hara/Black Jack/Black Eye
- Giuseppe Addobbati (as John MacDouglas) - Donaldson
- Alfredo Rizzo - Buddy
- Benito Stefanelli (as Benny Reeves) - Jim
- Nello Pazzafini - Henchman
- Sal Borgese - Henchman
- Ignazio Spalla (as Pedro Sanchez) - Henchman
- Moises Rocha (as Jack Rocha) - Henchman
- Franco Lantieri (as Frank Liston)
- Gino Marturano (as John Martin)
- Bernard Faber (as Benny Farber)
- Luigi Tosi
- Pietro Ceccarelli
- Bruno Arie
- Fortunato Arena
- Giulio Maculani
- Osiride Pevarello
References
- ^ "One Silver Dollar". The New York Times.
- ^ Hughes, p.39
Bibliography
- Hughes, Howard (2010). Spaghetti Westerns. Harpenden: Kamera Books. ISBN 978-1-84243-303-4.
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